POONCH : The District Level Task Force Committee (DLTFC), which met here today under the Chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Vikas Kundal approved 104 cases under the Jammu & Kashmir Rural Employment Generation Programme (JK-REGP).
At the outset, the District Officer, KVIB Officer Mohammad Ghayas Khan submitted 176 proposals of unemployed youth before the District Level Task Force Committee for consideration of financial assistance under the scheme. The proposals included setting up of income generating units including manufacturing & establishment of small units of Dairy, Sheep, Poultry, Grocery Stores, Readymade Garments, Cutting and Tailoring, Bakery, Automobile, Commercial Vehicles, cement stores etc.
The Committee, after detailed analysis of physical and financial viability of proposed projects and the entrepreneurial skills of the applicants, approved 104 cases for credit linkage through financial institutions. The establishment of these units is expected to create new employment opportunities, contributing positively to Poonch's economic development and livelihood support for residents.
The Deputy Commissioner stressed on the line Departments to bring more and more unemployed youth of Poonch District under the ambit of Government schemes launched to generate maximum employment avenues.
The DC also stressed on the Bankers to ensure speedy disposal of these cases so that the aspiring unemployed youths are in a position to establish their income generating units without any difficulties. The DC hoped that the units will go a long way in enhancing the socio-economic upliftment of the unemployed youth in Poonch District.


